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For more than a decade starting in 1920, millions of regular Americans ignored the law of the land. Parents became bootleggers, kids smuggled illegal alcohol, and outlaws became celebrities. It wasn't supposed to be that way, of course. When Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States, supporters believed it would create a better, stronger nation. Instead it began an era of lawlessness,...

A groundbreaking history of prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state.

Examines the history of people, places, and events in the years often referred to as the "Roaring twenties."

Examines the history, events and people of the early twentieth-century in America.

"Following a decade of worldwide terror and deprivation, the Roaring Twenties were a swinging time of flappers, bathtub gin and high spirits. It was an exhilarating period when we could achieve anything, from flying across oceans, to discovering the mysteries of the past, to unlocking the secrets of life itself."--Container.

"Following a decade of worldwide terror and deprivation, the Roaring Twenties were a swinging time of flappers, bathtub gin and high spirits. It was an exhilarating period when we could achieve anything, from flying across oceans, to discovering the mysteries of the past, to unlocking the secrets of life itself."--History Channel website.

This book describes Prohibition that went into effect in 1920 and how law enforcement was not able to manage the rise in illegal alcohol.

Two vaudeville performers-turned-prohibition agents in the 1920s, become two of the most effective agents in the battle against the bottle and when the mob finds out, the two must use all their wits to stay alive.

Discusses the political and social aspects of the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, as well as the repeal of that law with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment.